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Ryan Mundy was on his proper landmark when the ball took flight. Positioning, communication and execution have been problems for the Bears' defense this season, but not on the last meaningful play of their 21-13 victory over the Vikings on Sunday at Soldier Field. The Bears safety was deep in Cover-2 zone when rookie quarterback Teddy Bridgewater launched a pass into the end zone. On second-and-2 from the Bears' 28-yard line with about a minute remaining, it was a risky, ambitious try for a touchdown. But there was Mundy, positioned to make a play the Bears sorely needed. "I just read the quarterback and said, 'Catch the ball,' " Mundy recalled. He did,...

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Ryan Mundy was on his proper landmark when the ball took flight. Positioning, communication and execution have been problems for the Bears' defense this season, but not on the last meaningful play of their 21-13 victory over the Vikings on Sunday at...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Running back Mark Ingram rushed for two touchdowns and reached the 100-yard mark for the second game in a row as the New Orleans Saints won consecutive games for the first time this season by defeating the Carolina Panthers 28-10 on...

CINCINNATI -- The Cincinnati Bengals and Carolina Panthers shared an empty feeling after Sunday's game at Paul Brown Stadium, in which neither team won or lost.
Bengals coach Marvin Lewis called it "a missed opportunity."
Panthers coach Ron...

Welcome back to “The Blitz Package,” your weekly destination for notable news, nuggets and intriguing Chicago Bears storylines. This week’s topic: the offensive woes in the second half of Sunday’s 31-24 loss to the Panthers.
The Bears left Charlotte on...

Mario Addison | Panthers defensive end
Information for this report was obtained from NFL scouts.
With Greg Hardy on the exempt list while his domestic-violence case awaits further adjudication, the Panthers are scrambling to mount a pass rush. Charles...

After a deflating 38-17 home loss to the Packers on Sunday, the Bears head back on the road this weekend with a trip to Carolina. The Bears are 2-0 on the road this season and 0-2 at home. So perhaps the journey east will do the team some good. With...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — If Marc Trestman was hoping to find some rhythm on offense and something to build on for the Bears' final few days of training camp, he'll have to continue his search when the team gets back to Bourbonnais.
The offense has been...

You won't find a Julio Jones or A.J. Green in this draft. There is no "can't miss" wide receiver. But you will find extraordinary depth. Teams are likely to be taking many receivers in the fifth, sixth and seventh rounds, and there will be a...

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In trying to pare down the list of coaches who should replace Lovie Smith, I have two top choices, and neither is Bill Cowher.
It’s not that I don’t like or respect Cowher, it’s that I’m looking for the Bears to make a radically different move when...

If the Bears can’t play the Cardinals again, then they get perhaps the best opponent for their half of a must-win/then-pray Sunday to decide their postseason fate.
I mean, do you know how bad the Lions are?
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Three Atlanta radio hosts were fired Monday evening after making fun of former New Orleans Saints safety Steve Gleason, who is now confined to a wheelchair as he battles ALS, better known as Lou Gehrig's disease.
Gleason wrote a column for Sports...

The impact of Torrey Smith and Jacoby Jones was obvious every time that one of the speedy outside wide receivers ran past flat-footed defenders and under a long, arching throw from Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco.
Smith, now entering his third season,...

“Dancing With the Stars” Season 16’s semifinals are upon us, ballroom fans! And we were treated to two full dances from the five remaining couples — one a regular dance, and one a never before seen dance chosen for each couple by a Twitter republic. We...

Former NFL star Keyshawn Johnson confronted Justin Bieber over the weekend after the pop star allegedly drove his Ferrari at freeway speeds in a gated Calabasas community, authorities said.
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Though Justin Bieber’s camp denies he was driving the vehicle, police say they have two witnesses who saw the pop singer behind the wheel of his Ferrari when neighbors claim it sped through their gated Calabasas neighborhood over the weekend.
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After Jurgen Klinsmann took over the U.S. national soccer team nearly two years ago, the positive results were not immediate. As recently as late May, when the Americans lost a friendly to Belgium, there were questions about whether the former German...

The player that the Ravens spent all week trying to devise a way to contain was finally stopped. Robert Griffin III wasn’t on the field after the Washington Redskins’ rookie took one more punishing hit in an afternoon filled with them, the last by...

SEATTLE - The Safeco Field crowd stood at 6:19 p.m., almost too late to force Cal Ripken from the batter's box to acknowledge its welcome as he led off the third inning of a scoreless All-Star Game.
A tip of his helmet, a wave of the bat. Then a...